Men's Track & Field

Mens Track and Field Easily Handles Bates and Colby in Tri-Meet

Apr 12, 2010

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the first meet of
the 2010 campaign on its home Steinbrenner track, the MIT
men’s track and field earned a comfortable win over Bates and
Colby in a tri-meet on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers, currently
ranked No. 10 in the latest USTFCCCA Top 25, won all but one event
on the track to go along with some impressive performances in the
field events, on a day in which high winds would be a factor in the
results. MIT finished with 201.5 points to easily best Bates (139),
which was ranked second in New England, and Colby (60.5).

Stephen Morton led the way for the Cardinal and Gray, picking up
three individual event wins, despite sitting out one of his
specialties, the 100-meter dash. Morton was first in the 200,
finishing in 21.94 seconds while winning both the long and triple
jump once again. The senior was also part of Tech’s winning
4x100-meter relay.

Yermie Cohen, returning to the squad for the outdoor season, was
also impressive, earning a pair of top-two finishes. Cohen took
first place in the 1500, with a time of 4:02.75, more than four
seconds faster than his closest competitor. Cohen (1:56.07) was
also a runner-up to teammate Patrick Marx at 800 meters. Marx
finished in 1:55.65. Paul Welle finished fourth in the event while
four other MIT runners placed in the top nine.

Welle was a winner in the 3000m Steeplechase in 9:42.47, just
ahead of Richard Prevost’s second-place finish (9:46.51).
Hemagiri Arumugam and Benjamin Mattocks also combined for a one-two
sweep in the 5000.

Tech swept the top three positions in the 110-meter hurdles, led
by Andrew Musacchio’s time of 15.74 seconds. Musacchio
narrowly edged Nick Leonard (15.79) to the finish and the two were
closely followed by Josh Duncavage (16.31). Leonard and Duncavage
would later team up to go one-two in the 400 hurdles. Daniel Ronde
was also an event winner in the 400m, finishing in a time of 51.86
seconds.

The Engineers dominated the pole vault, as Greg Tao (15-3.00
feet), Cyrus Vafadari (14-3.25) and Yida Gao (13-9.25) were the top
three performers. Ian Fischer also picked up valuable points for
Tech, clearing 13-3.50 feet to tie for fourth-place.

MIT will host an Outdoor Invitational next Saturday, April 17 in
the final meet before post-season competition kicks off the
following week with the New England Women’s and Men’s
Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship.